Taillow(スバメ) is the 25th Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex. It is a Normal/Flying Type, and is classified as the TinySwallow Pokémon.

Taillow uses the Guts Ability. This ability increases its attack by 50% when this Pokémon is afflicted by one of the five status conditions, and the side-effect of a Burn decreasing its Attack stat does not get applied. A second Ability is available to Taillow from the Dream World, the Scrappy Ability. This ability allows the Pokémon to strike a Ghost-Type opponent with a Normal-Type attacks without having to use Foresight or Odor Sleuth.

Taillow gain the opportunity to evolve into a Swellow starting at Level 22.

Taillow is in the Flying Egg Group, and its Egg takes approximately 3,840 Steps to hatch. It takes Taillow 1,059,860 Experience Points to reach Level 100.

In Heart Gold and Soul Silver, Taillow can be found by using Headbutt on a tree in Cherrygrove City. However, the specific tree in which Taillow appears can only be accessed by using both Surf and Rock Climb in the Northwest portion of the area. The specific tree is the bottom-left tree after using Rock Climb.

Just like in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Taillow can be obtained by breeding a Swellow in Black, White, Black 2 and White 2. Additionally, the Pokémon can be found in the Dream World areas Pleasant Forest and Windswept Sky.

Ash captured a Taillow at the Petalburg Woods in the episode You Can Never Taillow!, which was also the episode in which Brock made his debut in the Hoenn Region. Taillow would be one of Ash's best Pokémon, never backing down from a challenge put in front of it, including participation in a PokéRinger competition that saw it evolve into a Swellow. That occurred in the episode That's Just Swellow.

Not to be outdone, Richie would also utilize a Taillow in the Pokémon Chronicles episodes Oak-Napped and Celebi & Joy!. He nicknamed his Taillow "Rose."